trouble
[ˈtɹʌbəl]
The verdict
“trouble” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,311. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,311
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Problem
Corpus desk
Index DE-trouble · trouble · German
trouble · rank #31,311 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,311
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Trinker
Nearest frequency peer: Trinker (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „trouble“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- treatment
treatment
68,693 corpus weight
- Tribunal
Tribunal
68,692 corpus weight
- Trinker
Trinker
68,691 corpus weight
- trouble
trouble
68,690 corpus weight
- Trägerin
Trägerin
68,689 corpus weight
- UE
UE
68,687 corpus weight
What this shows „trouble“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trouble |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɹʌbəl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #31,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „trouble“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around trouble (IPA [ˈtɹʌbəl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,311 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Problem".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for trouble, with forms such as "rtouble", "toruble", and "trobule". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "trübe", "Trolle", "Traube", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is trouble, spelled T-R-O-U-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Problem
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trouble appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Justa Williams doesn't look for trouble..it's usually just there when he wakes up in the morning."
„The Trouble With Hubble“
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtouble
- toruble
- trobule
- troubble
- troubel
- troublle
- troulbe
- trrouble
- truoble
- ttrouble
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trouble - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "trouble", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).